We are very excited to announce choreographer Anna Watkins, has been awarded Arts Council England funding for SPRING 2018 - TRIPLE BILL. Featuring HUMAN ANIMAL, new short dance film and all female work based on the suppression of women in society today.

Thank you very much to Arts Council England and to all our collaborative supporters; Swindon Dance, Pegasus Theatre, Film Oxford.

ASSOCIATE ARTIST SWINDON DANCE

​We are very excited and honoured to announce, Anna Watkins has been awarded Associate Artist at Swindon Dance for 2017 - 2018. Looking forward to our partnership building a new programme of work together.New project commissioned by Swindon Dance, Pegasus Theatre involving photographer Chris Nash and more incredible collaborators to be announced later this year.

ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND & EAST LONDON DANCE IDEAS INITIATIVE FUNDWe are very excited to announce that the Triple Bill collaboration between Artistic Director, Anna & choreographers Salah El Brogy and Neus Gil Cortés, have been awarded funding from Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts. The project has also won one of the East London Dance Ideas Initiative Fund awards. Collaborating under the name of Organic Entity, please follow their Facebook page to follow their journey. Presenting a solo for the Triple Bill, we will be working with dancer Carmine De Amicis of Tavaziva Dance & Edifice Dance Theatre for this project. Thank you to all who have supported the project so far and to producer Mars El Brogy.

Arts Council England, East London, The Garage, DanceEast, Swindon Dance and South East Dance.

Ignition Dance Festival 2017 & Musical MayhemOur Associates will be performing 'My duty' at two more events: Musical Mayhem charity event and Ignition Dance Festival at the Lyric, Hammersmith. Please go to 'What's On' to find out more information on their performances.

YDA, Youth Dance Academy - Swindon DanceIt was great to work with YDA students (Youth Dance Academy as part of CAT, Centre for Advanced Training) this Easter creating a new piece 'Crossing borders'. The students will perform 'Crossing borders' this July at their annual showcase, featuring works created also by Phoenix Dance Theatre and Richard Chappell.

'The physical strength of the female youth forced to deliver their service of duty in the army'

Sunday 26th March 2017, South Hill Park, Bracknell

ENBYouthCo, English National BalletENBYouthCo of English National Ballet will be performing Anna's new work 'Forbidden Territory' inspired by Akram Khan’s Giselle at Move It 2017 and Sadler's Wells as part of Dance Journeys.

11th March - Move It30th March - Sadler's Wells

Interview with Artistic Director, Anna for Dance Direct, March 2017New interview, by Jessica Wilson of Dance Direct. Click on the link below to get an insight of Anna's work.http://blog.dancedirect.com/2017/03/17/watkins-dance-company-woman-on-a-mission/​

Dance City, BA (Hons) Degree 3rd YearsArtistic Director, Anna will be choreographing and teaching company rep on the BA Degree 3rd year students at Dance City this October 2016. They will be performing the work at Dance City and tour the work to schools in January-February 2017!

Summer Course & Associates 2015We had a great Summer Course, thank you to all the students who attended and our fantastic guest teachers for sharing their extended knowledge and artistry. We offered one full scholarship for 2016 and one guaranteed place to join the Associates company.Congratulations to our talented Associates company for giving a fantastic end of year performance. An amazing 1st year of the Associates company, we are looking forward to another successful year starting back in September!

TUNE IN

RADIO INTERVIEW​

3 June 20158 - 9pm

Resonance 104.4fm

Live Interview with Artistic Director, Anna Watkins by producer Lea Jacques. Discussing her work as a choreographer and dancer.

If you missed the interview you can listen on replay here:https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/clear-spot-metropolis-3rd-june-2015/

Success!We did it! Our Kickstarter fundraiser was a success exceeding our target of £500 to £505. We can't thank everyone enough for participating and helping us make it. Thank you to all our followers, friends and family who supported by sharing, tweeting, and pledging. After the campaign closed we received a further donation of £100 towards our Associates Programme fundraiser. The support has been incredible!

For our pledgers who opted out of receiving a reward we would like to thank you for your generosity. A special thanks and mention to pledgers who donated £50 or more and to two of our highest pledgers donating £100 and £165.

Special thanks and mention to Lucy Glover our Education Project Manager for your hard work towards this project.

Again thank you to all friends, family and followers who supported us!

Artistic Director, Anna Watkins:"The generosity and support you have all given us is highly appreciated, thank you for making the start of 2015 a fantastic celebration!"Happy New Year!

Help us meet our Kickstarter targetWatkins Dance are fundraising £500 for our Associate Programme (WA Company - WatkinsDance Associates Company). The funds will enable us to continue bringing in renowned choreographers and artists to work with The Associates Company. The Associates programme specialises in developing a solid contemporary dance technique giving pre-professional dancers an advanced training to boost their employability into the industry. "Over this past term we have become a lot stronger and our technique has developed. We also have a new appreciation for performance qualities. We have been challenged to work as a company, which will prove invaluable experience when we come to look for professional jobs in the future." Rachael Dawson, Associate Dancer

We need your help to reach our target by 31st December 2014. Please check out the campaign video to see the talent of these young dancers for yourselves. Of course Christmas is a time for giving so we have some great rewards to offer our campaign backers in return for your generosity. Please give anything you can and spread the word with you networks.